Dr Shepherd Dawson FRSE (1880 – 1935) was a British psychologist and author.
He specialised in a deeper understanding of Encephalitis lethargica and in the effects of childhood epilepsy upon intelligence.
Whilst in London he studied statistics under Karl Pearson and became fascinated by their use within clinical psychology.
[3] From 1910 he was Principal Lecturer in Psychology and Logic & Ethics at Jordanhill College in Glasgow.
[4] He was concurrently the Consulting Psychologist for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow.